Rathenow

Rathenow
Town
Church
Coat of arms
Location of Rathenow within Havelland district
Rathenow Rathenow
Coordinates: 52°36′N 12°20′E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Havelland
Subdivisions	6 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor	Ronald Seeger (CDU)
Area
• Total	105.68 km2 (40.80 sq mi)
Elevation	29 m (95 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	24,597
• Density	230/km2 (600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	14702, 14712
Dialling codes	03385
Vehicle registration	HVL (früher: RN)
Website	www.rathenow.de

Rathenow (German: [ˈʁaːtənoː] ) is a town in the district of Havelland in Brandenburg, Germany, with a population of 26,433 (2007).

Overview

The Protestant church of St. Marien Andreas, originally a basilica, and transformed to the Gothic style in 1517-1589, and the Roman Catholic Church of St. George, are noteworthy.

Rathenow is known for its Rathenow stones, bricks made of the clay of the Havel, and for its spectacles and optical instruments, which are exported.

After the fall of the Soviet Union, it was revealed that the remains of Hitler and his assistants were secretly buried in graves near Rathenow.

Demography

• 
  Development of Population since 1875 within the Current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population Development of Brandenburg state)
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  Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the Census in Germany in 2011 (blue bordered line); Projection by the Brandenburg state for 2005-2030 (yellow line); Projection by the Brandenburg state for 2014-2030 (red line); Projection by the Bertelsmann Foundation for 2012-2030 (green line)

Rathenow: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 12,443 —     1890 18,841 +2.80% 1910 29,125 +2.20% 1925 32,056 +0.64% 1933 32,779 +0.28% 1939 37,449 +2.24% 1946 34,005 −1.37% 1950 32,254 −1.31% 1964 31,083 −0.26% 1971 31,834 +0.34% 1981 33,952 +0.65% 1985 33,312 −0.47% 1989 32,721 −0.45% 1990 31,945 −2.37%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1991 30,959 −3.09% 1992 30,973 +0.05% 1993 30,729 −0.79% 1994 30,649 −0.26% 1995 30,498 −0.49% 1996 30,277 −0.72% 1997 30,066 −0.70% 1998 29,688 −1.26% 1999 29,285 −1.36% 2000 28,811 −1.62% 2001 28,476 −1.16% 2002 28,000 −1.67% 2003 27,558 −1.58% 2004 27,230 −1.19%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2005 26,973 −0.94% 2006 26,640 −1.23% 2007 26,265 −1.41% 2008 25,791 −1.80% 2009 25,515 −1.07% 2010 25,301 −0.84% 2011 24,348 −3.77% 2012 24,253 −0.39% 2013 24,164 −0.37% 2014 24,127 −0.15% 2015 24,387 +1.08% 2016 24,243 −0.59% 2017 24,309 +0.27%

Twin towns — sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Rathenow is twinned with:

• Złotów, Poland
• Rendsburg, Germany

Notable residents

Joachim Mrugowsky during Doctors' trial

• Stephan Bodecker (1384-1459), Bishop of Brandenburg
• Jörg Friedrich (rower) (born 1959), rower
• Jörg Freimuth (born 1961), high jumper
• Mario Streit (born 1967), rower
• Jörg Heinrich (born 1969), football player and manager
• Christian Beeck (born 1971), footballer
• Joachim Mrugowsky (1905-1948), physician and Nazi war criminal; executed
• Immo Stabreit (born 1933), diplomat
• Rosemarie Köhn (born 1939), 1993-2006 Bishop of Hamar (Norway) (world's second woman as a Lutheran bishop)
• Wulf Herzogenrath (1944), art historian and curator

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Rathenow". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 916.

External links

Media related to Rathenow at Wikimedia Commons

• "Rathenow" . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.